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The Zodiac Killer is still one of the most well known serial killers of all time. Claiming to have killed 37 people. In the San Francisco area between the early 1960s and 1970s the Zodiac wrote letters and intricate ciphers to the police department in which the letters says he was the one who committed those crimes. The ciphers have been analysed and the police and other investigators who try to crack these codes but nobody has been able to decode these ciphers which could potentially say the true identity of this notorious killer. Little to no evidence the police have not been able to find the man known as the Zodiac killer where his true identity has never been revealed. Investigators claim to know who the real Zodiac is, but to this day…

and contacted the police. They described shooter as a male, about the age of 30 with a stocky build and a crew cut. The police hunted for the man whom the witnesses described but there was a miscommunication. Authorities thought they were looking for a black man so when they later found out they were supposed to be looking for a white man they knew they had let the Zodiac get away because they had talked to a man who had fitted the original description of him. (Campbell). On October 14, 1969 the…

stopped the cab as directed, the man shot and killed him. He then wiped his fingerprints off the cab, and cut off Stine’s bloody shirt collar. Some youngsters thought the cab looked suspicious and called the police, but by the time the police arrived, the man had walked away from the scene. Initially the alert that was broadcast on the police radio was for a black male suspect, but that later turned out to be incorrect. Ironically, two police officers in a cruiser stopped a heavyset white male,…

why Rawls’s depiction of the California Dream is understated and inaccurate. My peoples desire to want to move to California to live the life find success, fame and fortune is no longer apart of the California dream. It is become evident that the life in California isn't so great after all. Works Cited Page Park, Haeyoun, Matthew Ericson, Matthew Bloch, and Derek Watkins. "How Has the Drought Affected California’s Water Use?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 31 Mar. 2015.…

On the 7th of December in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The following year, in the middle of February, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that allowed for the relocation of all those living in coastal Washington, Oregon, and California with Japanese ancestry. Those living on the West coast were relocated to desolate places far away from the Pacific Ocean and placed in camps with other Japanese Americans. There were a few reasons for the relocation of Japanese…

After the game against South San Francisco we had a record of 6 to 2 while South San Francisco had a record of 8 to 0. In the 8th grade year there are championships and our team was able to make it to the final round where we faced the one and only South San Francisco again, but this time it was for the championship. I remember that game at Parkside Middle School at 6:30. This game was the most important game of the whole season. Before the game Chris came up to me a said, “We beat you twice…

California is ranked #2 in Seafood production in the U.S, Over 600 million pounds from over 60 species harvested. California is #1 in tourists visiting in over 150 state parks, national parks and monuments. Important Events The great American gold rush happened between 1848-1856. The person who spotted the first piece of gold was James W. Marshall. The gold he found attracted over 300,000 gold seekers. They were called the forty-niners as in 1849. California is the thirty first state. Which…

Jack London was an American writer, author and journalist who lived from 1876 to 1916. Some of his famous works include The Sea Wolf and Call of the Wild. Born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, he was raised in Oakland, California, by his mother and stepfather. Jack London is considered to be a great writer. In his teenage years, he worked many different jobs. In his spare time, he read travel books and novels at the library. Eventually, he told his mother a story of what happened one day…

The California Gold Rush was really a big deal in the 1800s when the first piece of gold was discovered the people were going crazy for the gold they all wanted to sale the gold or keep it or show it to everyone and make everyone come to their land and because of the gold being the first gold ever discovered they were becoming to have money each day. Then California grew bigger and bigger with people and when that had happened California was getting rich and richer. The spark ignited the gold…

Jack Moore is man who puts a smile on everyone he meets. A 72 year old loving retired man who has had all sorts of jobs from tossing newspaper on people’s front door to bagging at the local Jewel Osco, even delivering pizzas and being UPS driver. Growing up was very difficult as he was put up for adoption at the age of 1 because his mother did not feel like she was ready to raise a child. His father was a drunk beat dad, who did not care about him either. To avoid never seeing him again, Jack’s…